Today, Joe Lieberman introduced a bill that would allow the government to revoke the citizenship of a person merely accused of being associated with a terrorist group: Sen. Joe Lieberman introduced Thursday legislation that would strip Americans of their citizenship if they are arrested overseas for their affiliation with a foreign terrorist organization. The bill […]

Joe Lieberman got on the air yesterday and basically took John McCain’s ignore the Fifth Amendment idea one step further: In fact, he’s even got a bill ready: Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) thinks he’s found a work-around on the whole Miranda rights debate for U.S. citizens accused of terrorism: Strip their citizenship and ship them […]

Joe Lieberman’s drift away from the Democratic Party continues: Sounding more like an independent than a Democrat, Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., tells ABC News he will campaign for some Republican candidates during the 2010 midterm elections and may not seek the Democratic Senate nomination when he runs for re-election in 2012. “I probably will support […]

The public option vampire refuses to die, but today another nail was put in the coffin: Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Tuesday that he’d back a GOP filibuster of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s health care reform bill. Lieberman, who caucuses with Democrats and is positioning himself as a fiscal hawk on the issue, said […]

By a fairly decisive margin, the Senate Democrats have decided to make nice with Joe Lieberman: WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a minor panel post […]

Well, not the wolves exactly, but the Senate Democratic Caucus, which could be worse: The full Democratic caucus will vote on whether Joe Lieberman is allowed to keep his chairmanship of the Homeland Security committee at its caucus meeting next week, a leadership aide confirms to us. Previously, Reid’s office had held this possibility out […]

It looks like Joseph Lieberman’s speech at the Republican convention is going to cost him: WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Joe Lieberman’s speech before the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night could cost him the chairmanship of a key Senate committee, a top Senate Democratic aide told CNN. During the speech, the Connecticut senator praised GOP […]

With the first day of the Republican National Convention canceled thanks to the threat of Hurricane Gustav, things got back on track yesterday with a day devoted to playing up the parties 2008 nominee:\ ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 2 — Republicans began laying out a vigorous argument Tuesday for electing John McCain to the presidency, […]